尽管母乳喂养所致 HIV 感染约占儿童 HIV 感染总数的40%,但通过预防腹泻和其他感染,母乳喂养每年可防止数百万名儿童的死亡;因此对 HIV 感染母亲晡乳喂养婴儿的安全途径的探索已成为急迫的研究课题。由约翰斯霍普金斯 Bloomberg 公共卫生学院、津巴布韦大学和哈拉雷城卫生局共同开展的一项研究发现,与部分母乳喂养相比,纯母乳喂养可显著降低 HIV 母婴传播和婴幼儿死亡。出生后头三个月内给予配方食物或动物乳品喂养的婴儿与纯母乳喂养的婴幼儿相比较,前者经母乳哺育而感染 HIV 的风险为后者的3倍。该研究结果已发表在近期出版的《艾滋病》杂志上。负责 ZVITAMBO 研究项目的 Bloomberg 公共卫生学院的 Jean Humphrey 博士强调指出,现行的国 Although breastfeeding causes about 40% of all HIV infections in children, breastfeeding prevents millions of deaths every year by preventing diarrhea and other infections; thus providing a safe pathway for HIV-infected mothers to breastfeed their babies Exploration has become an urgent research topic. A study jointly conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Zimbabwe and the Harare City Health Board found that exclusive breastfeeding significantly reduced mother-to-child transmission of HIV and infant and child death compared to some forms of breastfeeding . Infants fed formula or animal milk during the first three months of life had three times as much risk of breast-feeding as HIV-infected infants compared to exclusively breastfeeding infants and toddlers. The findings have been published in the recently published issue of AIDS. Dr. Jean Humphrey at the Bloomberg School of Public Health in charge of the ZVITAMBO research project underlined that the current state